Originally from Michigan, Altizer holds a master’s of fine arts and has done extensive work for European museums and archaeology projects and has taught at the college level and conducted study tours across Europe.

Altizer has lived on Longboat Key for 13 years and has used her design background for several projects on the Key. She is an officer in the Sleepy Lagoon Homeowners Association and a volunteer at Anna Maria Elementary School.

+ Loeffler listing sells for $4.75 million A Bay Isles South home at 560 Harbor Point Road closed in May for $4.75 million.

Listed by Cheryl Loeffler, of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty, the home was featured in January as the Wall Street Journal’s “House of the Day.”

Jon Fox, of Michael Saunders & Co., represented the buyers, Wallace and Shirley Devlin. The seller, Timothy Clarke, paid $2.75 million for the property in 2005 and built the new 5,041-square-foot home two years ago.

The sale is the third-highest amount paid for a Longboat Key home so far in 2013.